Bon Appétit: Bon Appétit Names America's Foodiest Towns 2010. Last year it was Ann Arbor, this year it's Traverse City. Bon Appétit has released its annual list of five of the nation's "foodiest" towns, and thanks to cherry festivals and Mario Batali, Traverse City has made the cut. 

AOL News: The Twinkie Diet: Nutrition Professor Goes on Monthlong Junk Food Binge. In an attempt to disprove commonly-held ideas about nutrition and health, Kansas State University nutrition professor Mark Haub has embarked on a month-long diet of high fat, high sugar snack foods such as doughnuts, Twinkies and snack cakes.

Haub's experiment is designed to point out that eating food that is considered to be unhealthy does not automatically lead to weight gain. He is limiting himself to 1,800 calories per day and is including one serving of vegetables each day. After a week on the diet, he has lost 5 pounds, but his triglycerides, cholesterol and blood pressure are all up:

"Haub said his diet also is easy on a budget.

"It’s very inexpensive and I get all of my calories for about five bucks a day," he said. “I am not promoting this or recommending it; it’s just an exercise in nutrition."

Next month, Haub will eat only lean proteins, fruits, vegetables and whole grains to show that you can gain weight eating foods considered to be healthy.

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